I am so angry I am about to burst. Fuzzy movie scenes float through my head with the fiery so-and-so wants to charge in and the suave leader stops him, "Don't go, that's exactly what they want you to do". This isn't going to be an eloquent diary because I really want to charge in, but I need to know which way to go.
(if you could care less about my background, like me, feel free to read from the bottom up)I am a younger fella from a religious family in CO. My mother would brag about how I was in the church nursery the Sunday I was out of the hospital. About 15 family members lived within a couple blocks of each other and the church, and we got together fairly often. All this was well and good, but as far as politics were concerned the church spoke about it more than my family. Growing up these things didn't concern me until I started "growing up".
At the beginning of this past election cycle I started out believing a couple things: Abortion issues have basically been settled, LGBT everything is fine with me, I'm not rich, and I would like to have a president that isn't laughed at by the world when he speaks. So it was pretty clear how I would be voting, and now my main concern was how to convince my family we shared the same beliefs and should be voting the same.
Before Dkos the first political book I ever read was James Carville's "Had Enough" a handbook for fighting back. I then continued searching the web for blogs and anything else that had a foundation of facts. The more I learned the more confident I was talking with family and others, and I was in awe of my friend Kim calling people in other states on election night just to make sure they made it to the polls. There was so much to do and so much at stake, and now that it's over things seem to be getting better (economy aside... that whole thing is still really confusing to me).
So why am I angry? I have job and a place to live. I am a waiter and I rent. I have been reading and watching some of the more conservative shows, and how can that not make me angry! As I am sure you all know it's practically all lies, clips out of context, and fact deprived opinions. The worst is when the truth is mixed in to make it sound valid. Without getting into too much detail, it's like saying, "When you press down on the handle like this, the toilet flushes, and that's how Barack Obama is flushing American, Freedom, and the economy down the drain". So, yeah, I am angry having to read/watch all this knowing that millions of people out there read/watch and believe it. So I need help!
I believe myself, and others like me, need to no what we can do. I really want to do things like hold fox news accountable for blatant lies, get churches to stop preaching politics, or get LGBT marriage rights in other states. There are a ton of things that still need work and I greatly appreciate advice from all you super smart kossacks on what I can be doing now. I don't want to just wait for the next election. I'm too pissed off!